GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user…
Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.
Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST
Exploitation signals 4 / 5
- KEV catalog (CISA)11 Sept 2026
- Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)11 Sept 2026
- Used by ransomwareno
- EPSS above 10 %97.4%
- No account, over the networkyes
What to do
Fix
Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.
CISA guidance: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Meanwhile
Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.
Manufacturers (CRA)
Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained
Description ENISA EUVD
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
Affected products
- 19.1 <19.1.8
- 19.3 <19.3.2
- 19.0 <19.0.9
- 18.7 <18.11.12
- 19.2 <19.2.6
Open source packages OSV
Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.
Timeline
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Exploitation reported (ENISA)
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Added to the KEV catalog
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Published
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CISA remediation due date
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EPSS peak: 97.4%
References
Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor
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- CVE-2021-22175GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability6.7 · Background exploitation
- CVE-2021-39935GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability6.2 · Background exploitation
- CVE-2023-7028GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability9.2 · Background exploitation
- CVE-2021-22205GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability10.0 · Background exploitation